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Monday, May 23, 2016

Wonder Woman Earth One

This was a disappointment. I was
curious how Grant Morrison would write her and excited about Yanique Paquette
drawing. Unfortuantely the end result is
terrible.

It would be kind to say it is a riff on the golden age. It is golden age Wondy ideas packaged into a
cold, heartless, sneery mess. It’s a
really cynical origin story and Wonder Woman should not be cynical. I can’t think that Morrison is a fan. I think he views her as an interesting
character, but he has no connection to her.
I don’t think you should write or draw characters you don’t feel a
connection with.

The story itself is boring.
Dull. It flows badly and there’s
nothing to keep you interested, no suspense, even thought there are things
which should be suspenseful in there.

The art is lacklustre. The
character poses are a bit too much on the sexy side for my taste, and there’s
little of the detail and originality and joie de vivre that I’ve seen Paquette
do elsewhere. The colours are nice
enough but the inking is one dimensional.
The Amazons look like pin ups, but not very exciting pin ups.

There is so much good Wondy stuff out there. Bombshells, Legend of Wonder Woman, Sensation
Comics and Ame Comi Girls are so much better than this. So much better. Bombshells would do really well with a non
traditional comics audience, it could capitalise on the retro love that is
still going around. And it’s a good
story.